Boot-blacking frame



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G. IRVING, Jr. BOOT BLAGKING PRAME.-

Patented Mar. 6,1883.

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE IRVING, JR., OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT.

:BOOT-BLACKING FRAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 273,545, dated March 6, 1883.

Application filed June 27, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that l, GEORGE. IRVING, Jr., of Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and Improved Boot-Blacking Frame, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved frame for resting the foot and holding the blacking-box and the brushes.

The invention consists in a boot-blacking apparatus consisting of a horizontal swinging bar hinged to a support and carrying a footrest, box-holder, and brush-pockets, as hereinafter described.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved boot-biacking frame and the stand to which'it is hinged. Fig. 2 is an enlarged plan view of my improved swinging boot-blacking machine or frame.

A foot-rest, A, made of Wood or iron, is attached to the outer end of the upper bar of a swinging frame, B, hinged to a leg or support, C, of a wash-stand or like piece of furniture. To the top of this frame pockets D, for brushes E, or other devices for holding brushes, are at- F, the slots of the strips H, and through the top bar of the frame B. A hlacking-box, L, placed on this plate F, can be clamped and held between the jaws G and I. If the boots or shoes are to be blackened, the frame B is swung outward and the foot is placed upon the foot-rest. After use the brushes E are placed into the pockets D, and t-he'frameB is swung back into its proper place under or at the side of the wash-stand or other piece of furniture.

Havingthus described my invention. I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent A boot-blacking apparatus consisting of the horizontalh-swinging bar B, hinged to a support, C, and carr ing a foot-rest, A, box-holder F H, and brush-pockets D, substantially as set forth.

GEO. IRVING, JR.

Witnesses:

Geo. W. CAMP, ARTHUR E. BRAINARD. 

